February 11, 2023

QUOTE

All you really have in the end are your stories.

--Burt Reynolds

BIRTHDAYS

1847 – Thomas Edison, Engineer and businessman
1934 – Tina Louise, Actress and singer
1936 – Burt Reynolds, Actor and director

IN MEMORY

1986 – Frank Herbert, Journalist and author
1994 – Neil Bonnett, Race car driver and member of the Alabama Gang

IN ON THIS DAY

660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
1794 – First session of United States Senate opens to the public.
1938 – BBC Television produces the world’s first ever science fiction television program that coined the term “robot